Tuberculosis (TB) is one of the oldest known contagious diseases of animals and man. Robert Koch discovered Mycobaclerium tuberculosis in 1882; indeed, the organism was once known as the Bacillus of Koch. In cattle, the disease used to be very prevalent and, in 1938, TB was responsible ...
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E Neal,FBD Attenbor - Facts on File 被引量: 270发表: 1986年 Spatial organization and habitat utilization of badgers Meles meles: Effects of food patch dispersion in the boreal forest of central Norway Habitat utilization, home range size and territory size in relation to food availability for ...
This chapter introduces the contested problem of how badgers and bovine TB are connected—and what to do about it—outlining the key events explored across the rest of the volume. I will discuss how my analytical approach to this research falls into three key themes: knowledge controversies and ...
Aletterhas been published in the Guardian from Hilary Benn, the Secretary of state for environment, food and rural affairs, outlining the government’s strategy for combating bovine TB. Rather than badgers being culled, which evidence suggests would not control the spread of TB in cattle, they ...
The TVR project involved capturing badgers and vaccinating those that tested negative for bTB and removal of those that tested bTB positive using the DualPath Platform (DPP) VetTB test for cervids (Chembio Diagnostic Systems Inc., Medford, NY, USA) under field conditions. The DPP VetTB test...